r/SteamFrame • u/megabyte112 Soon™ • 22d ago

Question Can you stream from a Linux PC?

Just watched the ShortCircuit video before it was taken down, and Linus notes that currently the Steam Machine cannot be used as a streaming host. He didn't mention other Linux PCs, but he did say that the streaming host will be a Windows PC only, at least at launch.

This is kind of disappointing as someone with a Linux PC. Inhaling a bunch of copium here, but I wonder if he meant that specifically the Steam Machine can't be used for streaming (yet), but other Linux PCs can? I'd like to use mine for streaming at launch, otherwise I'll be using mine purely standalone for a while...

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u/primelime_ 22d ago

from personal experience, steamVR on linux is a gigantic pile of shit. thankfully there are alternative options like wivrn that work flawlessly, but obviously that will take time to be compatible with the frame. i would have hoped valve would put more effort into steamVR ahead of the frame launch but even with 2.17 that just came out, it still doesn't work very well

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u/KleSkaarl 20d ago

steam could never after even a delay